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MINAT INVESTASI PEKERJA MIGRAN INDONESIA DALAM MENINGKATKAN KETAHANAN EKONOMI KELUARGA DI LAMPUNG TIMUR

Finansia, 2023
This study is to determine the investment interest of former migrant workers in improving family resilience in East Lampung and the strategies carried out by former migrant workers in increasing family economic resilience in East Lampung. Data collection
Enny Puji Lestari, Nyimas Lidya Putri Pertiwi, Agus Alimuddin, Danil Asbihani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heat Stress Impacts on Cardiac Mortality in Nepali Migrant Workers in Qatar

The Cardiology, 2019
Background: Qatar is a major destination country for Nepali migrant workers (NMWs; main age range 25–35 years) in the construction trade. These 120,000+ NMWs are exposed to various occupational hazards, including excessive heat, and 3–4 workers die each ...
B. Pradhan, T. Kjellstrom, D. Atar, Puspa Sharma, Birendra Kayastha, Gita Bhandari, P. Pradhan   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Analyzing the Risk of Safety Accidents: The Relative Risks of Migrant Workers in Construction Industry

Sustainability, 2020
This study analyzed the relative risks of migrant workers, and identified risk factors based on quantitative data for the systematic safety management of migrant workers.
Ji-Myong Kim, K. Son, Sang-Guk Yum, Sungjin Ahn   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adaptaquin is selectively toxic to glioma stem cells through disruption of iron and cholesterol metabolism

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Adaptaquin selectively kills glioma stem cells while sparing differentiated brain cells. Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses show Adaptaquin disrupts iron and cholesterol homeostasis, with iron chelation amplifying cytotoxicity via cholesterol depletion, mitochondrial dysfunction, and elevated reactive oxygen species.
Adrien M. Vaquié, Davod R. Shah, Eliane E. S. Brechbühl, Michael McNicholas, Zhaoyang Xu, John H. Stockley, Laura Morcom, Diana Gold Diaz, Gemma C. Girdler, Rachel V. Seear, Gabriel Balmus, Rajiv R. Ratan, Harry Bulstrode, James A. Nathan, Manav Pathania, Kevin M. Brindle, David H. Rowitch   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indie Unions, Organizing and Labour Renewal: Learning from Precarious Migrant Workers

Work, Employment and Society, 2019
This article examines the organizing practices of indie unions – the emerging grassroots unions co-led by precarious migrant workers. It draws on an embedded actor-centred approach involving extensive multi-sited ethnography.
Davide Però
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Are migrant workers in Singapore receiving adequate healthcare? A survey of doctors working in public tertiary healthcare institutions.

Singapore medical journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION Migrant workers comprise about one-fifth of Singapore's resident population and form a substantial and vital component of the nation's workforce.
J. Ang, Calvin J. Koh, Brandon Chua, Shyamala Narayanaswamy, L. Wijaya, L. G. Chan, Ling Ling Soh, W. Goh, S. Vasoo   +8 more
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Patient‐specific pharmacogenomics demonstrates xCT as predictive therapeutic target in colon cancer with possible implications in tumor connectivity

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study integrates transcriptomic profiling of matched tumor and healthy tissues from 32 colorectal cancer patients with functional validation in patient‐derived organoids, revealing dysregulated metabolic programs driven by overexpressed xCT (SLC7A11) and SLC3A2, identifying an oncogenic cystine/glutamate transporter signature linked to ...
Marco Strecker, Keren Zohar, Martin Böttcher, Thomas Wartmann, Henry Freudenstein, Maximilian Doelling, Mihailo Andric, Wenjie Shi, Or Kakhlon, Katrin Hippe, Beatrix Jahnke, Dimitrios Mougiakakos, Franziska Baenke, Daniel Stange, Roland S. Croner, Michal Linial, Ulf D. Kahlert   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exclusion of Migrant Workers from National UHC Systems—Perspectives from HealthServe, a Non-profit Organisation in Singapore

Asian Bioethics Review, 2020
Low-wage migrant workers in Singapore are legally entitled to healthcare provided by their employers and supported by private insurance, separate from the national UHC (universal health coverage) system. In practice, they face multiple barriers to access.
N. Rajaraman, Teem-Wing Yip, B. Kuan, J. Lim   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Aggressive prostate cancer is associated with pericyte dysfunction

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Tumor‐produced TGF‐β drives pericyte dysfunction in prostate cancer. This dysfunction is characterized by downregulation of some canonical pericyte markers (i.e., DES, CSPG4, and ACTA2) while maintaining the expression of others (i.e., PDGFRB, NOTCH3, and RGS5).
Anabel Martinez‐Romero, Ane Martinez‐Larrinaga, Joaquim Grego‐Bessa, Saioa Garcia‐Longarte, Hielke van Splunder, Ianire Astobiza, Amaia Ercilla, Laura Bozal‐Basterra, Isabel Mendizabal, Pilar Villacampa, Arkaitz Carracedo, Mariona Graupera   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The COVID-19 experience among international migrant workers in the Republic of Korea: knowledge and awareness of treatment and immigration policies

BMC Public Health
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed various health risks and inequities experienced by international migrant workers. The number of migrant workers in the Republic of Korea (ROK) is rapidly growing and is expected to continue growing.
Jayoung Park, Jongho Heo, Woong-Han Kim, Sugy Choi   +3 more
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